Isn’t the forum to post reviews of gear you have experience with?

Blind testing has nothing to do with anything.  IMO either you hear a difference - hopefully significant or you don't.  If you don't hear a difference that you prefer in your own system, then move on.  We have a simple rule when we demonstrate our components, if you do not hear a significant difference within 30 seconds. just send it back to us.

Happy Listening.

Wow man...2 stupid mistakes in my post...it’s by, not "buy" and I, not "i." I deserve NO respect.

A bad map that gets you to the right place is a good map. Was the bad map created with 10% perspective and 10% opinion - maybe. An understanding that opinion, perspective and whole system affect are built into any map given needs to be afforded. 
 

We fall into a hole when we are not certain about the right place - and question where we are standing. I think this is more clear with music suggestions. Anytime someone recommends an album, we look at what else that person likes and see if it aligns with our taste. If it aligns, we take the suggestion in. Same thing with equipment. If the opinion comes from a system owner that is similar to our system, we take it in. 
 

I once had a philosophy professor who would mark up papers if your wrote ‘I believe’ or ‘I think’. Everything you write or state is what you believe or think - nothing more and nothing less. To write down ‘I believe’ at the bringing of a statement is redundant and worse yet is an attempt to give more credence to the statements you didn’t start with ‘I believe’. Good life lesson. 

Opinions buy others regarding items I use, if positive and possibly adoringly noting how smart and generally wonderful my taste is, are always welcome. Otherwise i don’t wanna hear it.

@wolf_garcia gthose silver speaker cables you have are creating some envy.

Opinions buy others regarding items I use, if positive and possibly adoringly noting how smart and generally wonderful my taste is, are always welcome. Otherwise i don't wanna hear it. 

Unless something is verified by blind testing, it's all opinion and subjective. That's why it's generally pointless to ask for recommendations.

 

So I joined this forum in 2006 because I value others opinions. But in a recent thread @kuribo states the following below…. Personally I value everyone’s opinions especially in different types of systems and rooms. Yes it’s just an opinion. But to me it’s useful. Am I wrong to think that?
Copy and paste from @Kuribo

I dunno, are you wrong to think ^that^?

Personally I do not value everyone’s opinions equally, but it is good to give some consideration to most opinions.

“How do you define "superiority"?

Many things can be objectively superior.
That is why we have wow-n-flutter, and rumble in dB… so one can objectively compare things.

The post you are referring to is a bit of dog’s breakfast. Those amps are both objectively good, and subjectively good.

If I was going to start an argument of objective versus subjective, I would be selecting a unit with poor objective, or poor subjective performance. And I wouldn’t take one that is high scoring on both fronts to argue the point.
(or maybe I would to argue the point that sometimes they’re correlated.)

Of course all you have read here are subjective opinions because the vast majority of people here either believe their opinion actually has relevance to those besides themselves or they believe the opinions of others have relevance to themselves.”

Some like to share, some just like to argue, some have questions and want input, and some are on here for other reasons.

In any case I do find it helpful when one can show how or why something is superior, or demonstrate that it can be repeatably show to be subjectively superior. Without that, it is pretty much a mishmash of opinions.

I think we all need to remember we are all trying to learn. We are also here to share and to help each other.

Maybe not all of us, @larry5729 but I appreciate those that do.

@larry5729 Well said. If not...

I think we all need to remember we are all trying to learn.  We are also here to share and to help each other.  

Yes this is a place to give our opinions whether we have a clue what we’re talking about or not and there will always be those who have strong opinions about equipment, cables or even music they have no experience with.

Oh my...talk about circular logic.

@clearthinker you win!

All the above few posts contain opinion(s).

I challenge anyone here to write a post that does not contain an opinion.

(there, I've done it).

Opinion is the tail that wags the dog. Can you imagine the whole social media enterprise devoid of opinion? As to whether any particular opinion is meaningful is for you to decide.

But then we come to things like confirmation bias and group think, now we may be in real trouble.

@pstores if you stop feeding the trolls, you will feel better and as readers, so will the rest of us. Cheers,

Spencer 

@jjss49 

   Yes and when you point that out his response is all opinions are useless to everyone.  But I’d agree with you on that. 
@noromance 

   Yes you are correct. But he keeps creating the circular conversation. Lol…. 
 

    Anyway see how my review of the Aqua LaScala goes over the Atma-Sphere Class D Amps.

Kuribo’s opinion on opinions is just another opinion. Ignore and move on.

it is just sharing experiences, impressions, and only some of those may relate to if gear A is better than gear B, just one person’s opinion in their room, their use - if the person posting is suitably articulate, it will be explained as to WHY they feel A > B

no one person’s experience wins the day, but numerous folks chiming in with consistent experiences provides a useful measure of what might be ’truth’ to someone wondering...